Red Wine & Rosemary Sauce over Linguine

"A recipe I clipped several years ago from Cooking Light magazine that my family enjoys very much. This is a very different tasting red sauce and is fairly quick to prepare. This is a great sauce to make when you find out you have last minute dinner guests arriving as it is fast & easy, yet elegant. I take a veggie peeler and slice off thin peels of fresh Parmesan cheese as a garnish on top and stick a sprig of rosemary in the top of each portion. If I have any fresh basil, I also shred a few leaves and sprinkle some over the top. Crusty bread is a must with this. Doubles well."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Before you begin, measure out all of the herbs& seasonings into a small bowl and set near the stove to add when needed.
  • Heat a deep saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add oil and garlic and saute for about 30 seconds.
  • Add onions, and saute about 3 minutes, stirring the whole time to keep from burning.
  • Add wine,honey,tomatoes,tomato paste, and the dish of herbs& seasonings you blended earlier.
  • Bring to just a simmer (just started to bubble under the surface- but not boiling), then cook 20 minutes uncovered or until thick- lowering heat if needed to keep it from boiling up.
  • You may wish to set a lid partially over the pot to help keep splatters to a minimum- and also stir occasionally.
  • Serve over hot cooked pasta.

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Reviews

  1. I am not a red sauce lover but my family is. We all enjoyed it very much. I think in the future I may not put in as much honey or just add more wine! Very good though!
     
  2. This is a WONDERFUL red sauce - super easy to prepare and VERY complex in taste. My husband & I will DEFINITELY be making this sauce again!
     
  3. This is a VERY GOOD red sauce,easy to prepare. I used Syrah wine, my home canned crushed tomatoes. Served the sauce over Fusilli pasta, with homemade bread. DH loved it. Had some sauce left so I froze it for another meal. Thank you Heather for another delicious recipe.
     
  4. Amazing flavored sauce and ridiculously easy. Brilliant.
     
  5. Red sauce made in 45 minutes wouldn't be so good without so much sweetner added but when pressed for time this is the best red sauce I have had in awhile. Loved it with whole wheat linguine and a good amount of grated parmesan. It looked beautiful in the simmering pot. I think all that honey gave it a really nice sheen!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I absolutely loved this. I usually put a bit of sugar and wine in my tomato sauces, but I have never used honey or rosemary, and those 2 ingredients give this such a different flavor. I used fresh plum tomatoes instead of canned (with a bit of water added to make up for the liquid), and I didn't measure the onion or garlic - I am sure I used more of that. This makes a lot of sauce but we like that! If it were just me I would give this 5 stars, but my DH thought it was too sweet so I have to compromise on the rating. My suggestion is to reduce the honey if you don't like a sweet sauce. If you do like sweet, you'll love this! Thank you
     

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